The fastest rising STDs in America

The big takeaway from the charts below is that we've had a lot of success reducing the incidence of some sexually transmitted diseases, but others continue to rise. Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea have steadily dropped over the past couple of decades, while genital warts and chlamydia have moved in the other direction.

Why is that? The simple answer is that syphilis and gonorrhea are bacterial, and can be addressed with antibiotics. Genital warts and chlamydia are viral. While the symptoms are treatable, there is no cure for the underlying virus.